While the report avoids assigning blame, it paints a sobering picture of student learning that L.A. Unified must prevent from worsening, the authors said. “Most students in the district have experienced learning loss, and school closures have deepened and accelerated existing inequities,” the authors wrote. The report focused on academic efforts and measures during the pandemic, finding that:AdvertisementMore than 13,000 middle and high school students consistently disengaged in fall 2020. The report states that Black and Latino elementary school students fell the furthest behind, with only 43% of Black students and 44% of Latino students on track in early reading skills, according to literacy assessments from the fall. Advertisement“How do we approach the pandemic and recovery as an opportunity to rethink how we are serving students and meeting the goal of equity?” Noguera wrote in the report.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 31, 2021 12:02 UTC